NOTEBOOK FEATURE: South Bay sport fish not such good eating Alastair Bland Water quality June 18, 2025By Alastair Bland Long ago, the quiet shores of southern San Francisco Bay featured rich wetlands, streams thick with salmon...
CAL MATTERS: San Francisco Bay fish are contaminated with levels of ‘forever chemicals’ that could harm anglers Cal Matters Water quality May 20, 2025California has no health standards for these chemicals in fish, so activists are urging action. Found in people and animals...
PRESS RELEASE: Forever chemicals found in fish throughout San Francisco Bay Press Release/Notice Water quality May 20, 2025From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: Ten species of popular fish to eat from San Francisco Bay may contain dangerous...
CAL MATTERS: Commercial salmon season is shut down — again. Will California’s iconic fish ever recover? Cal Matters Ecosystems April 15, 2025While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for...
EDWARD RING: Ignoring role of bass in salmon decline is negligence Edward Ring CommentaryEcosystems March 20, 2025By Edward Ring, California Policy Center A March 5 “Perspective” in the Manteca Bulletin highlights a chronically underemphasized problem impacting every...
USBR: Reclamation, partner agencies revive fishery at East Park Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems July 23, 2024By the US Bureau of Reclamation: As the sun began to set at East Park Reservoir, an angler stood on...
CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 15, 2023The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...
FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 21, 2022Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water...